2010s in jazz
In the 2010s in jazz, well-established jazz musicians, such as Wayne Shorter, John Scofield, Jan Garbarek, Pat Metheny, Jon Balke, Brad Mehldau, Olga Konkova, Ulf Wakenius, Christian McBride, Per Mathisen, and Renaud Garcia Fons, continued to perform and record. In the 21st century, a number of young musicians emerged, including Norwegian pianists Tord Gustavsen and Helge Lien, guitarist David Aleksander Sjølie, vibraphonist Andreas Mjøs, trumpeters Mathias Eick and Hayden Powell, saxophonists Marius Neset, Frøy Aagre, and Mette Henriette, and bassist Ellen Andrea Wang.
2010
Album releases
- Herbie Hancock: The Imagine Project
- Pat Metheny: Orchestrion
- Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble: Officium Novum
- Oliver Lake Organ Quartet: Plan
- Jeff Beck: Emotion & Commotion
- Terje Rypdal: Crime Scene
- Paolo Vinaccia featuring Terje Rypdal, Ståle Storløkken and Palle Mikkelborg: Very Much Alive
- Eivind Aarset's Sonic Codex Orchestra: Live Extracts
- John McLaughlin: To the One
- Haakon Graf with Per Mathisen and Erik Smith: License To Chill
- Dag Arnesen Trio: Norwegian Song 3
- Tore Johansen featuring Steve Swallow: I.S.
- Motorpsycho:Heavy Metal Fruit
- Atomic: Theater Tilters Vol 1
- Atomic: Theater Tilters Vol 2
- Eple Trio: In The Clearing / In The Cavern
- Daniel Herskedal: City Stories
- Trio 3 + Geri Allen: Celebrating Mary Lou Williams
- Jeff Beck: Live And Exclusive From The Grammy Museum
- Stanley Clarke: The Stanley Clarke Band
- World Saxophone Quartet: Yes We CanDick Johnson, American big band clarinetist
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- [John Dankworth, English saxophonist, clarinetist and composer
- Tony Campise, American saxophonist
- Herb Ellis, American guitarist
- Lena Horne, American singer
- Hank Jones, American pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer
- Kristian Bergheim, Norwegian saxophonist
- Abbey Lincoln, American singer
- James Moody, American saxophonist
- Captain Beefheart, American singer
- Billy Taylor, American pianist
2011
Album releases
- Renaud Garcia-Fons: Méditerranées
- Corea, Clarke & White: Forever
- Ole Mathisen, Per Mathisen and Paolo Vinaccia: Elastics
- Susanna Wallumrød, lyrics by Gunvor Hofmo: Jeg Vil Hjem Til Menneskene
- John Scofield: A Moment's Peace
- Corea, Clarke & White: Forever
- Pat Metheny: What's It All About
- Eliane Elias: Light My Fire
- Hans Mathisen: Timeless Tales
- Chick Corea with Stefano Bollani: Orvieto
- Geri Allen: A Child Is Born
- Oliver Lake: For a Little Dancin'
- Nils Petter Molvær: Baboon Moon
- Jeff Beck: Rock 'n' Roll Party: Honoring Les Paul
- Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian: Further Explorations
- Béla Fleck and the Flecktones: Rocket Science
- Splashgirl: Field Day Rituals
- Olga Konkova: Return Journey''
Deaths
- George Shearing, British pianist
- Joe Morello, American drummer
- Phoebe Snow, American singer
- Cornell Dupree, American guitarist
- Bob Flanigan, American singer
- Amy Winehouse, English singer
- Harald Johnsen, Norwegian upright bassist
- Frank Foster, American saxophonist
- Eddie Marshall, American drummer
- Johnny Răducanu, Romanian pianist
- Paul Motian, American drummer
- Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer
2012
Album releases
- Chick Corea & Gary Burton: Hot House
- Charlie Haden and Hank Jones: Come Sunday
- Tord Gustavsen Quartet: The Well
- Manu Katché: Manu Katché
- Stian Omenås: Klangkammer 1
- Pixel: Reminder
- Pat Metheny: Unity Band
- Acuña, Hoff, Mathisen: Barxeta
- John McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension: Now Here This
- Eivind Aarset: Dream Logic
- Marc Johnson: Swept Away
- Enrico Pieranunzi with Scott Colley and Antonio Sanchez: Permutation
- Andrea Kvintett: Andrea Kvintett
- Mari Kvien Brunvoll: Mari Kvien Brunvoll
- Winther - Storm: Spinnaker
- Håkon Storm-Mathisen: Zinober
- Geri Allen: Grand River Crossings
- Chick Corea: The Continents, Concerto For Jazz Quintet & Chamber Orchestra
- Béla Fleck and The Marcus Roberts Trio: Across the Imaginary Divide
- Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Project
- Pixel: Reminder
Deaths
- Totti Bergh, Norwegian saxophonist
- John Levy, American upright-bassist
- Clare Fischer, American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader
- Eivin One Pedersen, Norwegian accordionist and pianist
- Lucio Dalla, Italian singer, clarinetist and actor
- Lucio Dalla, Italian singer, clarinetist and actor
- Frank Marocco, American piano-accordionist, arranger and composer
- Pete Cosey, American guitarist
- Von Freeman, American saxophonist
- John Tchicai, Danish saxophonist and composer
- Frode Thingnæs, Norwegian jazz trombonist and bandleader
- Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist and composer
2013
Album releases
- Chick Corea with Christian McBride and Brian Blade: Trilogy
- Ketil Bjørnstad: La Notte
- John Scofield: Überjam Deux
- Pat Metheny play music from John Zorn's Masada Book Two:
- Oliver Lake: Wheels
- Motorpsycho and Reine Fiske: Still Life with Eggplant
- Renaud Garcia-Fons: Beyond The Double Bass
- Atomic: There's A Hole In The Mountain
- Pixel: We Are All Small Pixels
- Eliane Elias: I Thought About You
- Enrico Pieranunzi with Marc Johnson and Paul Motian: Live At The Village Vanguard
- Helge Sunde and Ensemble Denada: Windfall
- Oliver Lake: All Decks
- Chick Corea: The Vigil
Deaths
- Claude Nobs, Swiss founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival
- Donald Byrd, American trumpeter
- Armando Trovajoli, Italian film composer and pianist
- Alvin Lee, English singer and guitarist
- Yngve Moe, Norwegian bass guitarist
- Rolf Graf, Norwegian bass guitarist
- Ed Shaughnessy, American drummer
- Ben Tucker, American upright-bassist
- George Duke, American keyboardist and composer
- Jane Harvey, American singer
- Donna Hightower, American singer
- Marian McPartland, English-American pianist
- Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer
- Chico Hamilton, American drummer
- Jim Hall, American guitarist
- Stan Tracey, British pianist and composer
- Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist and composer
2014
Album releases
- Pat Metheny Unity Group: Kin
- Tord Gustavsen Quartet: Extended Circle
- Arve Henriksen: Chron
- Jan Gunnar Hoff: Fly North
- Hildegunn Øiseth: Valencia
- Bobby Hutcherson: Enjoy the View
- Gisle Torvik and Hardanger Big Band: Kryssande
- Christer Fredriksen: Trademark
- Renaud Garcia-Fons with Derya Türkan: Silk Moon
- Ellen Andrea Wang: Diving
- Enrico Pieranunzi with Scott Colley and Antonio Sanchez: Stories
- Hans Mathisen: The Island
- Nils Petter Molvær: Switch
- Manu Katché: Live in Concert
- Stanley Clarke: Up
- Chick Corea: Chick Corea Solo Piano - Portraits
- Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn: Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
- Lena Nymark: Beautiful Silence
Deaths
- Pete Seeger, American guitarist
- Franny Beecher, American guitarist
- Paco de Lucía, Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist and composer
- Herb Jeffries, American singer and actor
- Horace Silver, American pianist
- Charlie Haden, American upright-bassist
- Lionel Ferbos, American trumpeter
- Gerald Wilson, American trumpeter
- Joe Sample, American pianist
- Kenny Wheeler, Canadian composer, trumpeter, and flugelhorn player
- Olav Dale, Norwegian saxophonist, composer and orchestra leader
- Tim Hauser, American singer
- Jack Bruce, Scottish bassist, composer and orchestra leader
- Buddy DeFranco, American clarinetist
2015
Album releases
- Marius Neset: Pinball
- Terje Isungset: Meditation
- Andreas Loven: Nangijala
- Mopti featuring Bendik Baksaas: Bits & Pieces
- Øystein Blix: It´s OK To Play
- Dag Arnesen: Grieg, Tveitt & I
- Olga Konkova Trio: The Goldilocks Zone
- John Scofield: Past Present
- David Arthur Skinner: Cubistic Boogie
- Hildegunn Øiseth: Time Is Coming
- Eliane Elias: Made in Brazil
- Enrico Pieranunzi with Federico Casagrande: Double Circle
- Per Mathisen Trio: Ospitalita Generosa
- Oliver Lake: To Roy
- Jeff Beck: Live+
- Chick Corea with Béla Fleck: Two
Deaths
- Clark Terry, American trumpeter
- Erik Amundsen, Norwegian upright-bassist
- Jørgen Ingmann, Danish guitarist
- B.B. King, American guitarist
- Bob Belden, American saxophonist
- Marcus Belgrave, American trumpeter
- Slim Richey, American guitarist
- Ornette Coleman, American saxophonist
- Monica Lewis, American singer and actress
- Gunther Schuller, American composer, conductor, and horn player
- Phil Woods, American saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer
- Larry Rosen, American drummer, entrepreneur, and music producer
- Mark Murphy, American singer
- Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer
- Svein Christiansen, Norwegian drummer
- Natalie Cole, American singer, songwriter, and actress
2016
Album releases
- Tord Gustavsen, Simin Tander, Jarle Vespestad: What Was Said
- Ayumi Tanaka Trio: Momento
- Knut Kristiansen and Bergen Big Band: Kuria Suite
- Andreas Loven: District Six
- Jon Balke: Warp
- Hanna Paulsberg Concept: Eastern Smiles
- Frode Alnæs: Kanestrøm
- Ben Monder, Pete Rende, Andrew Cyrille, Paul Motian: Amorphae
- Ralph Alessi, Gary Versace, Drew Gress, Nasheet Waits: Quiver
- Myrna: Story Of I
- Per Oddvar Johansen: Let’s Dance
- COKKO : The Dance Upon My Grave
- Mast : "Love and War_"
- Josef Leimberg: "Astral Progressions"
Deaths
- Paul Bley, Canadian pianist
- Harald Devold, Norwegian saxophonist
- Naná Vasconcelos, Brazilian percussionist
- Keith Emerson, English pianist and keyboardist
- Gato Barbieri, Argentine saxophonist
- Bill Henderson, American singer and actor
- Don Francks, Canadian singer and actor
- Dennis Davis, American drummer
- Prince, American music producer, composer and multi-instrumentalist.
- Kay Starr, American vocalist.
- Alphonse Mouzon, American drummer.